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Old 01-04-2016, 08:56 AM
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Los Angeles firefighters extinguished the flames from a burning hoverboard in the Koreatown neighborhood on Wednesday, December 30th.

Firefighters from Station 13 were returning from a medical call when they were diverted to the flaming hoverboard in the 900 block of South Vermont Avenue about 11:20 a.m.

The hoverboard was “fully involved.”

Firefighters called it “pretty impressive,”.

Video of the incident shows the smoking hoverboard stopped on a sidewalk.

“Well, it happened. My board just caught on fire today,” says board owner Delvon Simmons in the video. “My board just burned up.”

Simmons told he was riding his hoverboard in the sidewalk, following a police officer who was pulling someone over. When he passed the officer, the board "exploded," he said.

In the video, a police officer stopped on his motorcycle says he'll “call someone to put it out.” The officer called LAFD.

About 30 seconds after Simmons' video begins, a sizzling noise comes from the board, which begins to flame up.

“There it goes,” Simmons says. “Six hundred dollars down the drain.”

Sirens are soon heard in the background.

“People, if you’ve got one these in your house, I suggest you get it out,” Simmons says. “Otherwise your house is going to burn down.”

Then a firefighter picks the flaming board up and another firefighter sprays it with a hose.

The flames were extinguished and no one was injured, Stewart said.

Considered a top Christmas present this year, hoverboards have been in the spotlight after multiple incidents of the toys catching fire.
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Old 01-04-2016, 09:11 PM
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hover is supposed to be flying above something. that is not what those do. Back to the future hoverboard is the correct one. im betting what causes those fires are the batteries and motor overheat. those gadget's motors sucks up a lot of amps from the source and the load resistance must be very low that it can almost be read as shorted in a multitester device.
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Looks like a battery failure.
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Old 01-05-2016, 04:41 PM
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someone tried to put a nitro system on that thing
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Old 01-06-2016, 07:53 AM
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Great points but I'd like to add that the weight of the person also contributes to stress on the drive and electrical system. Too much weight = higher friction on the motors = overheating condition.

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hover is supposed to be flying above something. that is not what those do. Back to the future hoverboard is the correct one. im betting what causes those fires are the batteries and motor overheat. those gadget's motors sucks up a lot of amps from the source and the load resistance must be very low that it can almost be read as shorted in a multitester device.
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600 bucks!? I got mine on Ebay for $140 just before the import ban kicked in.
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